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128 techniques · 18 approaches
ABFT
Addressing Core Relational Themes
Addressing Core Relational Themes
Addressing Core Relational Themes is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection…
ABFT
Adolescent Affect Regulation
Adolescent Affect Regulation
Adolescent Affect Regulation is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The…
ABFT
Adolescent Alliance Building
Adolescent Alliance Building
Adolescent Alliance Building is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The…
ABFT
Building Secure Base
Building Secure Base
Building Secure Base is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The therapi…
ABFT
Corrective Attachment Sequence
Corrective Attachment Sequence
Corrective Attachment Sequence is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. T…
ABFT
De-escalation of Family Conflict
De-escalation of Family Conflict
De-escalation of Family Conflict is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection.…
ABFT
Emotional Deepening / Punctuation
Emotional Deepening / Punctuation
Emotional Deepening / Punctuation is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection…
ABFT
Enactment / Corrective Attachment Experience
Enactment / Corrective Attachment Experience
Enactment / Corrective Attachment Experience is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family r…
ABFT
Focus on Primary Adaptive Emotions
Focus on Primary Adaptive Emotions
Focus on Primary Adaptive Emotions is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnectio…
ABFT
Identifying Core Attachment Injuries
Identifying Core Attachment Injuries
Identifying Core Attachment Injuries is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnect…
ABFT
Intergenerational Attachment Exploration
Intergenerational Attachment Exploration
Intergenerational Attachment Exploration is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family recon…
ABFT
Parent Alliance Building
Parent Alliance Building
Parent Alliance Building is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The the…
ABFT
Parent Emotion Coaching
Parent Emotion Coaching
Parent Emotion Coaching is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The ther…
ABFT
Promoting Autonomy
Promoting Autonomy
Promoting Autonomy is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The therapist…
ABFT
Psychoeducation about Attachment
Psychoeducation about Attachment
Psychoeducation about Attachment is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection.…
ABFT
Reducing Parental Psychological Control
Reducing Parental Psychological Control
Reducing Parental Psychological Control is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconn…
ABFT
Relational Reframe
Relational Reframe
Relational Reframe is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The therapist…
ABFT
Rupture-Repair Cycle
Rupture-Repair Cycle
Rupture-Repair Cycle is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection. The therapi…
ABFT
Suicide Risk within Attachment Framework
Suicide Risk within Attachment Framework
Suicide Risk within Attachment Framework is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family recon…
ABFT
Working with Shame and Self-Blame
Working with Shame and Self-Blame
Working with Shame and Self-Blame is used in Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support adolescent attachment repair and family reconnection…
ACT
Dropping Anchor
Dropping Anchor
A brief grounding protocol developed in ACT for moments of emotional storm. The client acknowledges inner experience, reconnects with the bo…
ACT
Naming the Story
Naming the Story
Instead of following the content of a thought, the client notices that it is part of a familiar story, a narrative the mind tells again and …
BSP
Advanced Gazespotting
Advanced Gazespotting
Advanced Gazespotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborat…
BSP
BioLateral Sound
BioLateral Sound
BioLateral Sound is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaboratively…
BSP
Body Resource Brainspotting
Body Resource Brainspotting
Body Resource Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it coll…
BSP
Brainspotting Pain Reduction Setup
Brainspotting Pain Reduction Setup
Brainspotting Pain Reduction Setup is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies …
BSP
DoubleSpotting
DoubleSpotting
DoubleSpotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaboratively, …
BSP
Dual Attunement Frame
Dual Attunement Frame
Dual Attunement Frame is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborat…
BSP
Gazespotting
Gazespotting
Gazespotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaboratively, pr…
BSP
Group Brainspotting
Group Brainspotting
Group Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborativ…
BSP
One-Eye Brainspotting
One-Eye Brainspotting
One-Eye Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborat…
BSP
Outside Window Brainspotting
Outside Window Brainspotting
Outside Window Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it col…
BSP
Performance and Creativity Expansion
Performance and Creativity Expansion
Performance and Creativity Expansion is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applie…
BSP
Resource Brainspotting
Resource Brainspotting
Resource Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collabora…
BSP
Rolling Brainspotting
Rolling Brainspotting
Rolling Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborat…
BSP
Self-Brainspotting
Self-Brainspotting
Self-Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborative…
BSP
Vergence Therapy
Vergence Therapy
Vergence Therapy is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaboratively…
BSP
Z-Axis Brainspotting
Z-Axis Brainspotting
Z-Axis Brainspotting is used in Brainspotting to support eye-position and body-based trauma processing. The therapist applies it collaborati…
CBT
Core Beliefs / Schemas
Core Beliefs / Schemas
Work with deep beliefs about self, others and the world, such as "I am defective," "people cannot be trusted" or "the world is unsafe." In C…
CFT
Compassionate Image (Ideal Compassionate Being)
Compassionate Image (Ideal Compassionate Being)
A CFT imagery technique in which the client builds an inner image of an ideal compassionate being and interacts with it. The brain does not …
CFT
Fears, Blocks and Resistances to Compassion (FBR)
Fears, Blocks and Resistances to Compassion (FBR)
A diagnostic and therapeutic work with what stops the client from receiving compassion — to self, from others, to others. Gilbert distinguis…
CPT
ABC Worksheet
ABC Worksheet
ABC Worksheet is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move from global…
CPT
Challenging Beliefs Worksheet
Challenging Beliefs Worksheet
Challenging Beliefs Worksheet is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client …
CPT
Challenging Questions Worksheet
Challenging Questions Worksheet
Challenging Questions Worksheet is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the clien…
CPT
Cognitive Restructuring
Cognitive Restructuring
Cognitive Restructuring is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move f…
CPT
Developing Alternative Thoughts
Developing Alternative Thoughts
Developing Alternative Thoughts is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the clien…
CPT
Distinguishing Assimilation from Over-Accommodation
Distinguishing Assimilation from Over-Accommodation
Distinguishing Assimilation from Over-Accommodation is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points…
CPT
Esteem Issues Module
Esteem Issues Module
Esteem Issues Module is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move from…
CPT
Final Impact Statement
Final Impact Statement
Final Impact Statement is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move fr…
CPT
Identifying Automatic Thoughts
Identifying Automatic Thoughts
Identifying Automatic Thoughts is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client…
CPT
Identifying Stuck Points
Identifying Stuck Points
Identifying Stuck Points is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move …
CPT
Intimacy Issues Module
Intimacy Issues Module
Intimacy Issues Module is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move fr…
CPT
Patterns of Problematic Thinking
Patterns of Problematic Thinking
Patterns of Problematic Thinking is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the clie…
CPT
Power/Control Issues Module
Power/Control Issues Module
Power/Control Issues Module is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client mo…
CPT
Practice Assignments (Homework)
Practice Assignments (Homework)
Practice Assignments (Homework) is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the clien…
CPT
Psychoeducation about PTSD and CPT Rationale
Psychoeducation about PTSD and CPT Rationale
Psychoeducation about PTSD and CPT Rationale is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It he…
CPT
Reading the Trauma Account Aloud (CPT+A)
Reading the Trauma Account Aloud (CPT+A)
Reading the Trauma Account Aloud (CPT+A) is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps …
CPT
Safety Issues Module
Safety Issues Module
Safety Issues Module is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move from…
CPT
Socratic Questioning (Guided Discovery) in CPT
Socratic Questioning (Guided Discovery) in CPT
Socratic Questioning (Guided Discovery) in CPT is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It …
CPT
Star Worksheet
Star Worksheet
Star Worksheet is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move from globa…
CPT
Stuck Point Log
Stuck Point Log
Stuck Point Log is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move from glob…
CPT
Trust Issues Module
Trust Issues Module
Trust Issues Module is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client move from …
CPT
Writing the Impact Statement
Writing the Impact Statement
Writing the Impact Statement is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the client m…
CPT
Writing the Trauma Account (CPT+A)
Writing the Trauma Account (CPT+A)
Writing the Trauma Account (CPT+A) is a CPT intervention for identifying, testing, and revising trauma-related stuck points. It helps the cl…
DBT
Radical Acceptance
Radical Acceptance
Full acknowledgment and the end of the fight with what cannot be changed: the past, a loss, others' actions, uncontrollable circumstances. I…
EFT for Couples
Attachment Injury Resolution
Attachment Injury Resolution
A structured working-through of a specific episode when one partner was not there at a critical moment. "When I was at my worst — you were n…
Gestalt
Body Awareness
Body Awareness
Focusing on bodily sensations: where in the body does this feeling live? What color, temperature, shape is it? Not analysis of "why", but di…
Gottman
Trust Revival Method
Trust Revival Method
A structured process of restoring trust after a betrayal (affair, deception) through three phases: atonement, attunement, attachment.
IFS
IFS with Shame and Guilt
IFS with Shame and Guilt
Martha Sweezy describes the specifics of working with shame and guilt in IFS. Shame is the burden of an Exile ("I am bad through and through…
IFS
Witnessing the Exile
Witnessing the Exile
Witnessing is the first and most important step of work with an Exile, after permission has been granted by the Protectors. The client's Sel…
Jung
Sandplay Therapy (Jungian Sandplay)
Sandplay Therapy (Jungian Sandplay)
A non-verbal therapy method created by Dora Kalff on the basis of Jungian theory, Margaret Lowenfeld's "World Technique", and Buddhist philo…
Jung
Working with the Self-Care System (Kalsched) / Archetypal Defenses of the Personal Spirit
Working with the Self-Care System (Kalsched) / Archetypal Defenses of the Personal Spirit
Donald Kalsched extended the Jungian approach to work with early childhood trauma. His concept of the "self-care system" — archetypal psychi…
PE
Initial Assessment and Trauma History Gathering
Initial Assessment and Trauma History Gathering
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
PE
PE with Multiple Traumas
PE with Multiple Traumas
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
PE
Trauma-Related Guilt and Self-Blame Processing
Trauma-Related Guilt and Self-Blame Processing
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
SE
Completing Defensive Responses
Completing Defensive Responses
Completing Defensive Responses is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, caref…
SE
Completing Fight-Flight Response
Completing Fight-Flight Response
Completing Fight-Flight Response is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, car…
SE
Containment
Containment
Containment is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integ…
SE
Discharge
Discharge
Discharge is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integra…
SE
Felt Sense
Felt Sense
Felt Sense is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integr…
SE
Forehead-Heart Self-Holding
Forehead-Heart Self-Holding
Forehead-Heart Self-Holding is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful …
SE
Grounding
Grounding
Grounding is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integra…
SE
Movement and Micro-Movements
Movement and Micro-Movements
Movement and Micro-Movements is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful…
SE
Orienting Response
Orienting Response
Orienting Response is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing an…
SE
Pendulation
Pendulation
Pendulation is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integ…
SE
Resourcing
Resourcing
Resourcing is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integr…
SE
SE Psychoeducation
SE Psychoeducation
SE Psychoeducation is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing an…
SE
SIBAM Model
SIBAM Model
SIBAM Model is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integ…
SE
Self-Holding and Body Boundary Work
Self-Holding and Body Boundary Work
Self-Holding and Body Boundary Work is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, …
SE
Sensory Awareness
Sensory Awareness
Sensory Awareness is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and…
SE
Settling
Settling
Settling is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integrat…
SE
Titration
Titration
Titration is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integra…
SE
Tracking
Tracking
Tracking is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and integrat…
SE
Voo Breathing
Voo Breathing
Voo Breathing is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful pacing and int…
SE
Working with Freeze Response
Working with Freeze Response
Working with Freeze Response is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking, careful…
SE
Working with the Window of Tolerance
Working with the Window of Tolerance
Working with the Window of Tolerance is used in Somatic Experiencing to work with somatic trauma regulation through present-moment tracking,…
Sandplay
Safe Space Building
Safe Space Building
The client creates a safe place in the sandbox — a resource image they can return to. Especially valuable in trauma and anxiety work.
Schema
Imagery Rescripting
Imagery Rescripting
The client recalls a traumatic childhood scene in full detail, and then re-lives it in imagination differently — with the intervention of a …
Sensorimotor
Act of Triumph (Janet's Concept)
Act of Triumph (Janet's Concept)
Act of Triumph (Janet's Concept) is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-mo…
Sensorimotor
Body Boundary Work / Physical Boundary Exploration
Body Boundary Work / Physical Boundary Exploration
Body Boundary Work / Physical Boundary Exploration is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work …
Sensorimotor
Breath Regulation / Respiratory Awareness
Breath Regulation / Respiratory Awareness
Breath Regulation / Respiratory Awareness is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through p…
Sensorimotor
Co-Regulation / Dyadic Regulation
Co-Regulation / Dyadic Regulation
Co-Regulation / Dyadic Regulation is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-m…
Sensorimotor
Completing Truncated Defensive Actions / Acts of Triumph
Completing Truncated Defensive Actions / Acts of Triumph
Completing Truncated Defensive Actions / Acts of Triumph is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment…
Sensorimotor
Contact Statements
Contact Statements
Contact Statements is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking,…
Sensorimotor
Grounding
Grounding
Grounding is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking, careful …
Sensorimotor
Minimal Experiments / Micromovement Experiments
Minimal Experiments / Micromovement Experiments
Minimal Experiments / Micromovement Experiments is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work thr…
Sensorimotor
Movement Integration / Restorative Movement
Movement Integration / Restorative Movement
Movement Integration / Restorative Movement is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through…
Sensorimotor
Orienting
Orienting
Orienting is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking, careful …
Sensorimotor
Pendulation
Pendulation
Pendulation is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking, carefu…
Sensorimotor
Proximity-Seeking Actions
Proximity-Seeking Actions
Proximity-Seeking Actions is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tr…
Sensorimotor
Psychoeducation about Nervous System / Neuroregulation Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation about Nervous System / Neuroregulation Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation about Nervous System / Neuroregulation Psychoeducation is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma …
Sensorimotor
Sensation Vocabulary / Interoceptive Language
Sensation Vocabulary / Interoceptive Language
Sensation Vocabulary / Interoceptive Language is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work throu…
Sensorimotor
Sensorimotor Processing Cycle (Track → Contact → Mindfulness → Experiment → Integrate)
Sensorimotor Processing Cycle (Track → Contact → Mindfulness → Experiment → Integrate)
Sensorimotor Processing Cycle (Track → Contact → Mindfulness → Experiment → Integrate) is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with bo…
Sensorimotor
Somatic Mindfulness / Embodied Mindfulness
Somatic Mindfulness / Embodied Mindfulness
Somatic Mindfulness / Embodied Mindfulness is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through …
Sensorimotor
Somatic Parts Work
Somatic Parts Work
Somatic Parts Work is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking,…
Sensorimotor
Somatic Resources
Somatic Resources
Somatic Resources is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking, …
Sensorimotor
Somatic Tracking / Body Tracking
Somatic Tracking / Body Tracking
Somatic Tracking / Body Tracking is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-mo…
Sensorimotor
Titration
Titration
Titration is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tracking, careful …
Sensorimotor
Window of Tolerance Work
Window of Tolerance Work
Window of Tolerance Work is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through present-moment tra…
Sensorimotor
Working with Defensive Subsystems / Animal Defenses
Working with Defensive Subsystems / Animal Defenses
Working with Defensive Subsystems / Animal Defenses is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work…
Sensorimotor
Working with Gesture / Gesture Exploration
Working with Gesture / Gesture Exploration
Working with Gesture / Gesture Exploration is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through …
Sensorimotor
Working with Implicit / Procedural Memory
Working with Implicit / Procedural Memory
Working with Implicit / Procedural Memory is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through p…
Sensorimotor
Working with Posture / Spinal Alignment
Working with Posture / Spinal Alignment
Working with Posture / Spinal Alignment is used in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to work with body-based trauma and attachment work through pre…
TF-CBT
Managing Caregiver's Own PTSD/Distress Reactions
Managing Caregiver's Own PTSD/Distress Reactions
A TF-CBT caregiver technique that prepares the nonoffending adult to understand trauma symptoms, respond supportively, and become a safe res…
TF-CBT
Parent Behavior Management / Positive Parenting Skills
Parent Behavior Management / Positive Parenting Skills
A TF-CBT caregiver technique that prepares the nonoffending adult to understand trauma symptoms, respond supportively, and become a safe res…
TF-CBT
Psychoeducation about Trauma and PTSD
Psychoeducation about Trauma and PTSD
A TF-CBT technique for helping a child or adolescent process trauma with developmentally appropriate skills, caregiver support, and gradual …
TF-CBT
Trauma Narrative Development
Trauma Narrative Development
A central TF-CBT technique in which the child gradually creates and processes a trauma narrative in a safe, age-appropriate format.
TF-CBT
Traumatic Grief Processing
Traumatic Grief Processing
A TF-CBT technique for helping a child or adolescent process trauma with developmentally appropriate skills, caregiver support, and gradual …
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